52 oimcmamm thb xnmr. 



full of life, and happy and contented in their si- 



and, lia\ iuo" alHiiidancc of room, tlieir plumage 

 looks healthy and IjGautiful, so unlike tlie dirty 

 ragged appearance they soon exliiliit when 

 kept in a close, confined placCj which, in a short 



Here eiot ^ash themddv^ tr^'mmnngt 

 and they tt^pi^^ always imager to perform their 

 matinal ahlutions ; their unsullied plumage, the 

 song or twitter of delight with which tliej 

 afew^t^J Ifc^r heiiM^etiEfit^ hm Iiappy and 



In the aviary are separate cages, erected for 

 the purpose of inclosing such of the males r)f any 

 of the species, as may have their combative 

 organs la to high a degTee ot ^m^mmt; th^ 

 ptmishm^ for sooh tmMi&sd^e ehmcts]^ 

 therefore, in the first place, solitary confinement, 

 and should they not be reformed under that 

 treatment, they are finally dismissed the aviary 

 as incoi*rigiblefi. 



It h dd%htfal ter ^isit the »viaiy^t a 

 early hour in the morning, when the whole of 

 tlie inhabitants are in the greatest eoid'usion, the 

 servants busily engaged in cleaning the liabi- 

 tai^ou, and giving supplies of food to the colony ; 

 th* ** plktmy pcojte'^ i^pesir ito thft|)lenitude of 



